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GASE AND PARCEL CARRIER.

No. 341,725; Patented May 11, 1886.

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PATRICK BOLAND, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

. CASl-i AND PARCEL CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,725, dated May 11,1886.

Application filed December 31, 1885.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK BOLAND, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Cash andParcel Carriers; and I hereby declare the following to be afull, clear,and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in cash and parcelcarriers, such as are used in store service.

It consists of a peculiarlyarranged guard or latch, by which thesupporting-wheels of the device are prevented from leaving the rope orWire track.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanationof my invention, Figurel shows a side elevation of the pulleys and framewith my invention attached. Fig. 2 shows the operation of the device.

In the construction of this particular class of apparatus twodeeply-grooved rollers or pulleys are j ournaled upon aframe,one infront of the other, and the parcel-carrying basket is suspended from thelower part of the frame. The wire or cord upon which the apparatustravels has one end attached at the receivingdesk, and the other isconnected with a vertical post at the counter end, so that it may beraised or lowered to change the inclination and cause the car to runeither to or from the desk or counter. At the counter end the car runsfrom the wireinto the bight of a rope or cord,

which is so arranged that the car and basket may be lowered to a pointwithin reach of the salesman. This end of the wire is supported by anarm or trap, which is bent sufficiently to one side to allow thecarriage to pass by it upon leaving the wire and onto the rope. In orderto allow the car to pass this trap, it is necessary to have the fixedguard or lower part of the frame which is curved around beneath thepulleys left open upon one side sufficiently to allow the bent arm topass between this guard and the pulleys, and from this cause there isdanger that the car will leave the wire and fall off. In order toprevent this, spring arms or gates have been connected with the frame.

My invention consists of two bent arms, A and B, having one end pivotedto the axles of the wheels 0 or the frame of the carriage.

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These arms cross each other at a central point, and are both slotted atthis point with vertical slots D, so that a pin fastened to the backportion of the frame may pass through these slots. The post or pin isthus above the line of the rope, and would catch upon it or the wire andprevent the basket falling in case of accident. The arms are bentdownward in a curve, and the outer ends are curved upward, as shown atE, so as to be above the line of the trap which they are to pass, andtheir lower edges form inclines rising each way from the lowest point,so that when they strike the trap it will raise the ends of the guardshigh enough to lift them above the slots in the frame, so as to allowthe car to pass the trap, after which they drop back into position bytheir own' weight or by gravitation.

It will be manifest that the same result might be obtained by having thefixed pivot at D, instead of slotting the arm at this point, in whichcase the arms would be slotted where they fitted the pins or ends of thejournals of the wheels C, which would allow the lower ends to rise asbefore when they came in contact with the trap which they are to pass.By this construction I avoid the use of springs, and by the peculiardownward curve, ending in an upward one at the outer ends of the arms,which extend considerably beyond the wheels, I provide a guard whichperfectly covers the opening at the side of the frame, and through whichitis impossible for the rope to escape. If the apparatus could by anymeans be thrown off the wire, the central post or pin, about which thearms move, would catch it and prevent the basket from falling. At thesame time the upwardly-curved ends allow the trap to lift them easilywhenever they strike it,on account of the gradual incline of their lowersurfaces.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. I11 combination with the wheels and the frame of the carrier having aside opening, as shown, a gate or guard suspended so as to close theopening in the frame from above, substantially as herein described.

2. The guard suspended from above the opening of the wheeled frame, sothat its outer end may be depressed, and having an inclined surface,which serves to raise it when it comes in contact with the trap,substantially as herein described.

3. The carriage or frame with wheels journaled to it, and with anopening at one side of the frame below the wheels, in combination withan arm or arms having one end journaled so that the opposite end shallfall by gravitation and cover said open lug, said opposite end havingits lower surface inclined so that the arm may be lifted when passingthe trap in either direction, substantially as herein described. a

4. The carriage or frame having wheels j ournaled to it, and a slot oropening at the side below the wheels, so as to pass the trap, incombination with an arm or arms suspended or journaled above the planeof the opening, and extending down so as to cover said opening, saidextensions having a double-inclined lower surface, and projecting beyondthe line of the wheels upon each side, substantially as hereindescribed. v

5. The carriage or frame having wheels j ournaled to it and a slot oropening at the side below the plane of the Wheels to pass the trap, v

in combination with arms pivoted to the frame, extending in a curvedownward, outward, and upward, so as to cover the opening and extendbeyond the wheels, and a central post or pin, about which the arms move,substantially as herein described.

I11 witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

PATRICK BOLAND. \Vitnesses:

W. P. SULLIVAN, J12, JAMES E. Conn.

